John W. Little III

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Overview

John Little leads Gunster’s Eminent Domain & Property Rights practice and is a member of the firm’s Ethics Committee. For over three decades, he has litigated cases in state and federal courts throughout Florida, at both the trial and appellate levels.

Utilizing this background, John strives to serve his clients as both an effective counselor and advocate in the courtroom.

John’s practice principally focuses on the representation of owners and businesses in defense of their private property rights in eminent domain and inverse condemnation actions, regulatory takings, constitutional and Bert J. Harris claims, as well as related land use and zoning matters. In representing owners, John seeks to diligently protect his client’s rights with the goal of achieving the best possible result in the matter.

John is a frequent lecturer and author at the state and national level in the field of eminent domain and property rights. He recently authored the Florida chapter of the American Bar Association’s book on the law of eminent domain.

John also has over twenty years of experience handling a wide variety of other trial and appellate matters, including complex commercial and business litigation, class actions, insurance, health care and fraud litigation, real property, ad valorem tax and elections litigation and product liability defense. Over the span of his career, John has handled appeals in all of Florida’s appellate courts, the Third, Sixth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal and the United States Supreme Court.

A resident of Palm Beach County for the last 25 years, John is an active member of the community. He served for three years as the president of the Palm Beach County American Cancer Society and is a graduate of Leadership Florida. He currently serves as secretary of the board of trustees of Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Bar & Court Admissions

United States District Court, Southern and Middle District of Florida, Northern District of Georgia

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